Bevy vs Horde - What's the difference?
bevy | horde | Synonyms |
A group of animals, in particular quail.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= A large group or collection.
A group of female humans. Used chiefly of schoolgirls.
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
A large number of people.
* 1907 , Jack London, Before Adam , page Chapter IV
Bevy is a synonym of horde.
As a noun bevy
is a group of animals, in particular quail.As an adjective horde is
.As a verb horde is
.bevy
English
Noun
(bevies)Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
horde
English
Noun
(en noun)- We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.
- It is true, the more progressive members of our horde lived in the caves above the river.
